George Clooney: '90 days from disaster in Sudan'

Actor and activist George Clooney has claimed that Sudan is "90 days away
from disaster" during a visit to the Whitehouse.

By Tom Francies

1:18PM BST 13 Oct 2010

Mr Clooney fears that the up coming vote on southern Sudanese independence will be marred by violence in the region.

The result of the vote, which is likely to end in southern independence, could lead to a civil war in Sudan as there is controversy over who will take control of the oil-rich Abyei Region.

Both the U.N Security council and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum have visited the region in the past week and they also echoed Mr Clooney's concerns.

The last Sudan civil war, which went on from 1983 to 2005, left over 2 million people dead according to the US State Department; making it one of the most devastating wars of the latter half of the 20th century.